What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline?


I have seen turntables from Project, Music Hall, and a few other brands that still incorporate a small barrel weight attached to short fishline string which is stretched across a hooking loop to set ANTI-SKATING. It seems to be an artifact from the 1960's and 1970's tonearm design. It is also easy to lose or break 

My question is how accurate is that "device" compared to magnetic anti-skating employed by many turntable manufacturers   Thank you

sunnyjim

Showing 1 response by pureharmony21

I really don't think the method is of the greater importance but using a record such as the Shure set  up disc or one's that have been coming out lately.I had my anti-skate set up  based on all other factors but when I used a new set up record it showed how off I was.
Using the record you want (Shure ,etc). When you have everything else set up  you watch as the tThen you know its more or less how muconearm stays in the middle.It does not drift left or right is simply stay more or less in the middle.

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